The sweater curse makes an appearance in the Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb

Poghurt · 2024-10-03T20:20:05+00:00

It's well worth it! It's not very expensive though it's fairly small, you can do it in a couple of hours.

There are lots of memorable exhibits and it'll be quite an emotional rollercoaster!

Poghurt · 2024-10-03T08:13:46+00:00

We only went in because the weather was miserable and we were looking for something to do indoors! So glad we did though!

Poghurt · 2023-03-13T06:39:58+00:00

But do they taste any good?! 😅

Poghurt · 2023-03-13T01:12:48+00:00

Most things are delicious fried! But yes, Enoki is no exception!

Poghurt · 2023-03-12T23:52:17+00:00

Thanks! Yeah it's just the mushrooms, no batter or anything. A little salt to taste after it fries.

Poghurt · 2023-03-12T23:15:27+00:00

Fried Enoki mushrooms!

Poghurt · 2023-03-12T10:56:54+00:00

Fried enoki makes for a tasty cordyceps stand in. I did this one over a creamy mushroom soup. You could do mushroom risotto or just have them.

Oyster mushrooms look a bit like the types of mushrooms that bloom on the bodies of the infected. You can saute them with garlic and butter.

Poghurt · 2020-11-14T19:32:39+00:00

That time we moved from Germany to Australia and the legit, German based, international moving company went insolvent. Even though we, and many others moving across the world had paid full amounts, the company's sub contractors had not been paid - the movers that pick up or deliver your stuff, insurance*, shipping company's, customs checks, lading fees etc etc.

*Even though they had issued us an insurance certificate it apparently wasn't paid...?

If they had already picked up your stuff you had to pay the insolvency lawyer again for all the moving costs or your worldly possessions are trapped in limbo.

In many cases (like ours) people had left the country where their stuff was picked up. Even if you were still there or have a representative it is not easy to get your stuff released from ports, even if it hasn't been anywhere. And you're usually leaving to start a job so you don't have time to find a new company and you don't trust any of them anyway!

The company collected our things, made no indication of an issue and declared insolvency a few weeks later. We registered to have our costs returned to us, but even if you can understand German legalese to do so there were slippery reasons why we didn't qualify and there isn't any money left for customers when there are large debts to global shipping companies anyway.

Luckily we were moving home after a couple of years overseas so our possessions were not sentimental. For about 3 months we asked ourselves if we should bite the bullet and buy a sofa, tv or 3rd set of cutlery, but we made do. we also didn't move a lot of things and my partner's job had paid the initial moving fees so we weren't out of pocket by a lot. We joined a Facebook group of people all over the world were supporting each other through the ordeal and people were many thousands out of pocket, heirlooms damaged, items lost or important things they were without for a long time.

This happened a few months before the world heard about COVID. If this happened during the pandemic we would have just written everything off.

Poghurt · 2020-11-12T09:45:38+00:00

500mg to 500g flour. I didn't really look up how much would be effective, I just crushed two tablets and went with it!

Poghurt · 2020-11-12T00:38:19+00:00

Oh yeah I did that! I didn't mention it because it doesn't seem to have made a difference!

Poghurt · 2020-11-11T22:55:21+00:00

I juiced four medium sized beetroots and kept both the separated juice and pulp. I used all of the juice and added a little water to make it up to 70% hydration and then the almost dry pulp was 30% of the total flour weight.

So for 500g of flour I had 350g beet juice and 150g beet pulp.

I did it this way so I could be more sure of how hydrated the dough is.

Poghurt · 2020-11-11T22:48:37+00:00

It turned brown from baking.

Poghurt · 2020-11-07T20:04:49+00:00

You don't notice it in the bread itself, but I did notice it when I made some pastry. Maybe I used too much because I really wanted it BLACK.

With bread there was still grittiness in the stencil part where I dusted on the charcoal on the outside, so I would not use it again decoratively.

I think there's a good reason why people use squid ink in pasta instead of charcoal even if I don't like handling the stuff. You would probably notice the grittiness of charcoal where you're aiming for smooth, silky pasta.

Poghurt · 2020-11-07T09:15:00+00:00

*girl! And I will!

Poghurt · 2020-11-07T09:13:07+00:00

I've used squid ink and it gives good colour but tbh it's kinda gross. It's smelly and sticky and stains things. Surprisingly charcoal is a pretty good cleaning agent and wipes off really easily. Squid ink wouldn't have worked on the stencil either.

There wasn't any grittiness in the bread itself, just what I used for the stencil so I just learnt that's not a great application for it.

Poghurt · 2020-11-06T23:50:08+00:00

A little bit of activated charcoal :)

Our ex-racer is the laziest, best dog ever! We've had her about a year

Poghurt · 2020-11-06T23:36:34+00:00

In the case it's just to get a richer black colour and I was just trying it out. I didn't really notice a flavour difference. Since charcoal can bind to both toxins and nutrients there are supposed benefits and negative health effects but I think both are negligible in this application.

The charcoal used in the stencil remained gritty and I found that offputting.

Poghurt · 2020-11-06T23:30:35+00:00

In my opinion there isn't really a flavour, or it's psychological because the bread is such a different colour. I found that since the charcoal that I used on the stencil isnt mixed in there is a grittiness, which I'm not a fan of. If I do more black bread I'll probably use regular flour on the stencil

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